TRAINING - ZenCoaching

The Zen Coaching Training is a profound personal journey, and a coach training with a unique inner focus. It includes tools and practices that you can immediately bring into your life, your relationships, your work, and your coaching practice. Upon completion of the training and practice requirements (if you wish to complete them) you become a certified coach in the Zen Coaching Network.This training is powerful and useful for your own private life and in any work you do, even if you have no intention of working as a coach. The training leads to membership in the very inspiring and mutually supportive International Zen Coaching Community, with around 800 members from 25 countries, as well as the International Living Presence Community.

Currently the training is offered in Sweden. The full training has earlier been offered also in Norway, Poland and South Africa, and a new training may soon be scheduled for Poland and possibly also South Africa.

Module 1 – The Zen Way of Coaching

The Zen Way of Coaching is the foundational element, and forms the bedrock of the Zen Coaching approach. Here we explore the simplicity and power of stopping and simply being – enjoying this moment as it is. This is followed by the active engagement of Inquiry into the present moment; looking deeply into my experience to understand it fully, and to let the natural intelligence of life unfold.

Module 2 – Deep Healing & Transformation

Here we explore deep listening, personal transformation and powerful coaching tools. We uncover the ‘hidden rooms’ inside that we are often afraid of, but that offer the most potent doors to our full potential as human beings. Through this process, we develop deeper access and understanding of all aspects of ourselves and begin to integrate and embody all aspects of Being in our daily life.

Module 3 – Relating from the Heart

In this module we enter more deeply into the heart, into deep listening, authentic expression, and powerful questioning. We explore the principles and practices of nonviolent communication, or empathic, honest & heart-connecting communication. We look into the art of living authentic relationships in all areas of life – family, love life, friendships, work, and social action.

Module 4 – Acting from Being

In the last module we explore action and manifestation from Being – in other words, living according to our heart and our full potential in everyday life, as embodied human beings. We also explore in more detail the coaching session, the coaching relationship, and the ethics of coaching. This module also includes a transformative workshop about our relationship with money, as well as an exploration of the basic principles of succeeding as a professional coach.

Module 5 – Living our gifts: Creativity, contribution and fulfillment.

In the last module we explore what it means to live without compromise, deeply self-connected, and aligned with our true purpose in life. This is not a one-time achievement, but a life-long process. We will explore our true gifts, talents and passions, and explore what stops us from living fully aligned with these. Part of this process is the discovery and ongoing development of our nature as ‘The Pearl Beyond Price’, the True Person of Being, the true personhood that is not defined by conditioning, history, roles, gender, preferences and so on, which is how we all define ourselves in the dimension of ego or personality. We will also explore the principles behind succeeding as a professional coach or facilitator - as well as in any other arena in life. This module also includes an empowering ending ceremony for the whole transformative journey of the training, and an entrance into membership of the supportive and inspiring International Zen Coaching Community, with around 800 members from 25 countries.

Training in Zen Coaching is designed for people working with people, such as managers, teachers, social workers, coaches and counselors. The training is suitable for anyone who wants to support others from a deeper place than what is normally done in management, coaching and counselling. It is also valuable if you are mainly interested in connecting deeply with yourself and others, and in living a life of deepened fulfillment. During the training, you will go through a profound process of self-discovery, transformation and strengthening of presence.

After completion of the training, you will be able to support others to self-discovery, transformation, clarity and effective action in a coaching process based on effortless presence.

No special skills are required, although previous experience in management, coaching, counseling, meditation, non-violent communication and other forms of personal growth practice is a significant advantage.